Culture House Sunderland

06/09/2026

Culture House will be multi-purpose.

It will be your living room in the city centre, a place to explore, play, and learn.

All under one roof.

05/09/2026

We're delighted to announce our first set of children's and young people's activities 🙌

Making Marks 🖊️

A self-led creative space for children and families. Explore and experiment with mark-making.

Rhyme & Shine 🗣️

A joyful session of songs, rhymes, music, and stories for young children and their grownups. Sing, dance, and play.

For more details on the sessions, please check our website.

04/09/2026

04/09/2026

Introducing the first speakers for the Culture House Creative Smart City Symposium 2026 – Barnaby Steel of MARSHMALLOW LASER FEAST, Patrick Moran of Barbican Immersive (Barbican Centre), Sonia Joao of Oxy Insight and Harriet Lumby of This is Loop Ltd. Their work spans immersive art, audience insight, creative technology and large scale public installations, offering rich perspectives on how innovation is transforming culture and the way people experience places.

Developed with Immersive Arts UK and Crossover Labs, this two day event brings together artists, technologists, policymakers and cultural leaders to explore the future of creativity, audience engagement and smart city thinking.

📍 Culture House Sunderland
🗓️ Thursday 17 & Friday 18 September
🎟️ Book tickets (£5 + £0.50 booking fee): https://www.sunderlandculture.org.uk/whats-on/creative-smart-city-symposium-2026/



Sunderland, UK North East Mayoral Strategic Authority

04/09/2026

Which part of Culture House are you most excited about using? 👀

Maybe it's the city's very first Immersion Gallery?

Taking a seat in our stunning Sky Garden?

Or maybe it's bringing your little ones to The Den?

Let us know in the comments, we can't wait to welcome you all! 😁

03/09/2026

A great announcement! 📽

02/09/2026

Join us for a spectacular mixed‑reality journey created to mark the opening of Culture House. Be guided by Lyra, a young Sunderland astronaut, as our building becomes a spacecraft, a time machine, a living archive and a home for possibilities not yet imagined ✨

Tickets now available 👇

31/08/2026

Final call for applications!

We’re recruiting a Digital Systems Administrator to help manage and optimise the digital systems that support Culture House and the wider Creative Smart City Hub Library services.

This role works across Spektrix, WordPress, Artifax, and other key digital platforms, ensuring ticketing, website content, event scheduling, and customer engagement are accurate, integrated and running smoothly. If you’re highly organised, confident navigating multiple systems, and proactive in finding solutions, this could be a great fit.

25 hpw · Grade 4 (SCP 12 - 17) · £28,598 - £31,022 pro rata
Closing date: 2 September 2026

Apply via North East Jobs:
https://www.northeastjobs.org.uk/job/Digital_Systems_Administrator/300715

Sunderland, UK

29/08/2026

📚 We’re opening our doors on 12 September and just a week later, on Saturday 19 September, you can be one of the first to experience Culture House at our very first author event in the new building.

In partnership with New Writing North, Northern Bookshelf Live brings bestselling Northern authors Robert Rutherford, Sarah Mellor and Brian Groom to Culture House for a crime panel; a lively discussion exploring the colourful history of the British Isles; and relaxed book signings with Featherbed Books. It’s a lovely way to meet the authors and fellow book lovers, and spend a few hours in our beautiful new space.

One ticket gives you access to both events, plus refreshments.

🗓️ Sat 19 Sept, 11am - 12pm & 1pm - 2pm
📍 Culture House Sunderland
🎟️ £12/10 https://www.sunderlandculture.org.uk/whats-on/northern-bookshelf-live/